Rose Sunday - Culture of Life

Members of the Knight of Columbus will be selling Red Roses and other items in the vestibule after all masses on Mother's Day weekend to raise funds for pro-life support groups, such as Birthright, and to raise awareness within our community about this very important issue.

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,” Jeremiah 1:5

Our faith tells us that all human life is sacred. We are God’s most precious creation. Modern science tells us that this life of ours is an ongoing process of development from conception to natural death. If we are to build a truly just and humane society, we have only one choice to make—to fully embrace this precious gift of life. Pope Benedict XVI makes this clear when he states, “The fundamental human right, the presupposition of every other right, is the right to life itself.”

Many do not view all human life as sacred. Actively or passively, they condone abortion, euthanasia, human cloning and the destruction of human embryos for research. Perhaps they do not see the image of God in each person; or know the clear scientific evidence about when life begins; or realize that the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that “everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.” The Red Rose has long been a symbol of the pro-life movement’s respect for the lives of preborn babies and their mothers. The White Rose is an emblem adopted from the Weisse Rose (White Rose) movement that arose in Germany t combat the Nazi regime and its crimes against life. The White Rose is now internationally recognized as the symbol to respect the sanctity of life, thereby saving the lives of the unborn, the sick, and the elderly and reducing the physical and spiritual fallout to those who refuse to respect God’s precious gift of life.